Use of nitrogen calibration ramps and canopy refl ectance on farmers' irrigated cotton fields

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1060-1067

  Bronson, K F ^a   Wheeler, T A ^b   Brown, C M ^c   Taylor, R K ^d   Scharf, P C ^e   Barnes, E M ^f  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^f Agricultural and Environmental Research Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA OF INTEREST; CALIBRATION PLOT; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); IRRIGATED COTTON; LINT YIELD; N FERTILIZERS; NDVI DATA; NEAR INFRARED; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCES; OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY; REMOTE SENSING INDEX; SOIL TYPES; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS; VEGETATIVE INDEX; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

BLOOMS (METAL); CALIBRATION; COTTON; CROPS; IRRIGATION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

FERTILIZERS;

CALIBRATION; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; COTTON; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAIZE; NDVI; NITROGEN; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84862004120     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0344     Document Type: Article

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